I Possessed The Villain’s Childhood Friend

11 – Dance Contest – 2

“As expected, you followed.”

“Did you know?”

“I felt like someone was watching.”

“It seems that my skills have died a lot.”

A smile crept across Anna’s lips as she said that.

Maybe Reina asked her to follow her just in case.

“By the way, Mr. Ike.”

“Huh?”

“Is it okay if I ask what you were doing?”

“Should I know?”

“Ike’s body smells strange.”

You noticed.

Anna didn’t say it herself, but she could tell.

Because her eyes were staring at me with half-closed eyes.

She didn’t seem to let go no matter what excuses she made.

I wanted to keep it as secret as possible, but I couldn’t help it.

Because I needed someone to clean up in the first place.

“Anna. I have a question for you.”

“I will do my best to answer.”

“Are you on Reina’s side?”

“Of course. Everything I own belongs to Reina-sama. No matter what happens, this won’t change. It is a truth that will not change even if I die.”

There wasn’t even a second of hesitation in Anna’s answer.

On the contrary, she felt that the fact was suspicious, but she also thought that she could believe it for some reason.

Maybe it’s because she’s a character that doesn’t appear in her original work.

“If you go into this alley, there is a shop. Look inside and judge for yourself.”

“I think there may be a misunderstanding, are you okay?”

“You probably wouldn’t understand even if I explained it myself. Just believe that I’m on Reina’s side no matter what.”

Anna seemed to be satisfied with that answer, and she quietly nodded.

“Okay.”

“Take care of it yourself. And I’ll keep it a secret from Reina. Got it?”

I said that as I passed her.

There was no answer.

Suddenly, the presence disappeared.

When I turned around, only an empty alleyway caught my eye.

“… It’s hard.”

Let’s think of something else.

How can I go from the competition to the final?

How strong are the guys who passed the preliminary round of the other groups?

And how to protect Reina from now on.

I have a lot of work to do.

The future where Raina can be happy is still far away.

It’s not time for her to stop yet.

With that thought in mind, I stepped into the mansion.

Biting her lips, holding back her nausea, and smoothing her whole body, which was still shaking.

★

“Young master Ike. The final draw is out.”

It was Raina who came to me while I was resting on the bed in the guest room.

“Ah, thank you. Ms. Raina.”

Her The face of the finalists and the schedule for the finals were written on the paper she handed over to her.

It was my first match on the first day of the finals.

Your opponent is Aaron Merod.

It was the first time I heard the name, but it was a presence that left a deep impression while watching the qualifying match.

“R16 on two days, quarterfinals on another two days, and semifinals on the last Friday. The schedule is a bit tight.”

I was worried if my body would be able to properly rest with just one day off.

All opponents are also finalists.

If it was a fight between aspiring knights at least, the fatigue would be enormous.

“One of the purposes of the dance competition is to see how well you can fight under extreme conditions.”

“Yes. That is true too.”

Huh?

When I took my eyes off the match list and raised my gaze, I saw Raina sitting by the bed before I knew it. She

She must have been with the attendants.

“I let everyone go for a while. I want to talk comfortably.”

Raina was smiling like an angel.

“I heard it was a bit difficult in the preliminaries? While she bet she could win.”

No, it was a mischievous smile like a goblin.

She was just ashamed, and a heat rose to her face.

“… It’s true, but he’s a favorite for the championship. If she knew that, she was serious from the start.”

Of course, she was bluffing in a lie.

She probably thought she had taken the next step and that she wouldn’t even reach the country she is now.

Even when she looked at the other qualifiers, no one thought she was better than others.

Her skills were really not average.

“Well, I will believe you. Then, when Ike says he went to the finals with all his heart, can he get his revenge in the preliminaries?”

When she heard that, she looked back at her bracket and saw a masked man’s face drawn on the far end of hers.

It was the exact opposite of me pictured in the front.

A.A.L.

It is said that hidden talents sometimes appear in dance competitions, but no matter how you look at it, it was that kind of person.

“If we meet, it will be the final.”

“Are you confident?”

“You should think you win. Because I can’t be intimidated for nothing.”

“I think it is a good attitude. It won’t be easy.”

After saying that, Reina got up from the bed.

“Starting from the finals, my father, Rupert, and I will be watching from the audience.”

“Yes.”

“As I said before, I am cheering for the championship.”

Reina left her room with a light smile.

“… I can’t lose.”

She had an involuntary thought.

★

“Salute each other.”

“Thank you very much.”

“Thank you very much.”

Like me, the one who bowed her head was a man with impressive dark gray hair.

Aaron Merod, my first opponent in the finals.

“God bless Eos!”

“Thank you very much.”

The duel started with the referee’s declaration.

“Whoa.”

She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and took a pause.

And slowly, magic spread throughout her body.

Her mana began to spread from her heart and stimulated her muscles little by little.

The moment the sensation spread and touched her fingertips.

Immediately twisted the flow.

She didn’t do anything, but the heat started to rise in her body.

As soon as I felt the heat, I immediately rushed at him.

“… Lost.”

Aaron’s spear broke in one blow, and my first fight ended in a bland way.

And two days later, I was able to finish off my opponent in the quarterfinals, ‘Ad Craft’, in one blow.

In the past, they were definitely opponents who would struggle to some degree.

Body strengthening magic.

Spreads mana throughout the body to greatly increase the body’s performance.

It was the most basic yet important magic.

But the only downside to this magic.

Continuously consumes mana.

For example, fireball, the basic magic of the fire attribute.

A magic that converts mana into a fire attribute, then implements it as a ball of flame and fires it.

The required magical power is enough to create a sphere of flame.

However, physical enhancement continues to consume mana to maintain the body’s condition.

Magic power to use magic, magic to maintain magic.

Up to the stamina you use when you apply reinforcements and move.

A magic that literally consumes everything to increase the performance of the body.

The masked man said that the consumption of mana and physical strength was a waste.

Once I knew the solution, it was simple.

Bodily strengthening is magic that continuously releases and consumes mana outside the body.

So an additional supply of mana was needed.

However, the story changed when the flow was twisted and circulated inside the body before the mana was released outside the body.

The consumption of mana has been drastically reduced, and as the body adapts to the flow of mana, the performance has improved significantly.

As if it had become another magic.

If there is a problem, it was too difficult.

I could understand why this application was not written in a separate book without anyone telling me.

The flow of magical power is continuously twisted and circulated to move.

It was like writing with your right hand, drawing with your left hand, and reading documents with your eyes.

In the beginning, I couldn’t maintain the flow at all except for the stop position.

In the end, until the finals started, I just practiced getting used to this flow.

And when I got used to it, I knew for sure.

The fact that this level of magic is unnecessary unless you are a knight or wizard.

“Thank you very much.”

“In a general dance competition, before becoming a knight, you can share a sword with the son of the Duke of Axus. It is an honour.”

The opponent in the 4th lecture was a woman with impressive black hair like obsidian.

Isn’t it luck that you came this far?

She was a girl who looked so fragile that if you didn’t know anything, you could mistake her for that.

But I definitely knew who she was.

She also knew that she was an opponent who should never be caught off guard.

The opponent of the 4th class, ‘Helen Oberon’ is the daughter of Count Oberon.

And Helen becomes the heroine’s only friend in Arcana, and she plays an active part in the work.

“God bless Eos!”

She is an aspiring knight.

Her gender didn’t matter.

There is only one thing that is important to a knight.

How strong are you?

Helen was one of the people who gave the most essential answer to that question.

“Ha!”

With a shout, Helen flew to me.

I didn’t come running.

Literally, she flew at breakneck speed.

And then, the unbelievable sound of swords and fists colliding echoed through the arena.

Helen did not use a weapon.

One of her quirks in the original story was, ‘My body is stronger than my weapon.’

That was by no means a bluff.

The only character who surpasses the prince’s magic power is Helen.

She doesn’t use weapons.

Attribute magic is not fun.

That’s why she uses all of her mana in body strengthening magic to the point of being ignorant.

Its normally calm appearance and personality change completely when it enters battle.

She is more reckless than anyone else, and a wild wannabe knight.

You can’t give it away.

The moment she first crashed, she realized it.

Even though she had only been hit once, she could sense that the sword had reached its limit.

She was constantly grooming, and it wasn’t even a cheap sword.

She was simply a master at facing overwhelming force head-on.

Her opponent, Helen, stepped aside for a moment and looked at her right hand as it collided with her sword.

“Keep going!”

She then brushed off her right hand, and then she lunged at me again.

Her attacks are ridiculously sharp, leaving no room for her breath.

One sword that I can wield.

However, her means of attack is two-handed and two-legged.

A 1v4 fight.

Helen knew that better than anyone else.

With one swing of her sword, she blocks an attack with her left hand and lands two consecutive hits with her right hand. She

Changed her attack so that if someone tried to poke her open, she would dribble the sword with her leg and attack.

Anyone can see a clear difference in their capabilities.

If they hadn’t managed to maintain their range advantage somehow, it would have been clear that the decision would have been quick.

“Awesome! Great!”

As the stalemate continued, Helen took some distance and opened her mouth.

“Usually the sword breaks at first, then despairs with an expression of incomprehension.”

Saying that, Helen smiled happily.

There was no tension in her expression or tone of voice.

It was obvious that he was inferior to anyone.

“But in the end, the same….”

“You talk a lot. She doesn’t fall for the little words of a knight.”

“Hah?!”

To her, I sneered at her and taunted her.

Then, Helen’s mood, which had seemed pleasant until now, suddenly changed.

Staring at me with a murderous look, she leaned over and took a posture.

And so far, it has been rushing at me at a different level.

Now.

Even though it was clearly my inferiority, the reason why I didn’t give up until now.

It was for this very moment.

Helen’s weakness that appeared only once in the original work.

The person who taught me that was the original prince.

You could call it cowardly, but it wasn’t the time to cover it up.

Because I knew from the beginning that a head-to-head match would be difficult.